Hard Sun (song)

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"Hard Sun"
Single by Eddie Vedder
from the album Into the Wild
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007
Recorded2007
Studio Studio X, Seattle, Washington
Genre Folk rock
Length5:22 (4:31 radio edit)
Label J
Songwriter(s) Gordon Peterson
Producer(s) Adam Kasper, Eddie Vedder

"Hard Sun" is a 1989 song written and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Peterson, known as Indio. It was the first single released off the artist's sole album Big Harvest and reached #10 in Canada. [1]

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Eddie Vedder cover

"Hard Sun" gained a lot of attention when Eddie Vedder, the frontman of American rock band Pearl Jam, covered the song for the Into the Wild Soundtrack . In 2007, Sean Penn approached Eddie Vedder about creating a soundtrack for his upcoming film Into the Wild. Vedder put together a compilation of songs that included some instrumental and vocal experimentations, some originals and two covers - "Society" by Jerry Hannan and Indio's "Hard Sun". The latter was the album's first single, and it was a hit, reaching #13 on the Modern Rock charts and #17 in Canada. Vedder's version of "Hard Sun" was released as a CD single with the radio edit of the song as the first track, and the full album version as the second track.

Charts

YearTitlePeak chart positions
US Mod
[2] 		Adult Alternative
[3] 		CAN
[4] 		CAN Rock
[5]
2007"Hard Sun"134172

Lawsuit

Eddie Vedder was sued by Indio for "eroding" the integrity of the composition by altering some of the song's original lyrics. Also the Universal Music company was sued, because it released "Hard Sun" on the soundtrack album without Indio's approval. [6] [7]

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